May 10, 1949-
Miuccia Prada took over her family’s small luxury goods company in 1978. Her first product: “The Vela” a flat top, nylon backpack which widely popularized Prada.
Her 1988 fall and winter collection was her first fashion line, pivoting her career as a designer.
Prada was often hailed as the “intellectual fashion designer. She despised this title,, preferring to only be intellectual
“And if many people see her work as too conceptual and difficult to understand, Miuccia doesn't agree at all.” (Nss-Edicola)
One of her most famous collections is her Spring 1996 “Ready-to-Wear”collection, which she dubbed “Banal Eccentricity.”
It gained the nickname “Ugly Chic,” for Prada’s perverse use of contrasting colors and textiles (NSS Magazine)
